Kamal Kumar Tanti
Born
Kamal Kumar Tanti

1982
NationalityIndian
EducationPhD in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Occupation(s)Assistant Professor, Poet, writer
Awards
  • Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar (2012)
  • Munin Barkotoki Literary Award (2008)

Kamal Kumar Tanti (born 1982) is an Assamese poet from Assam, India.

Works

Tanti belongs to the Tea-garden labour Community of Assam.[1][2][3] His first collection of poetry, Marangburu Amar Pita[4] (Our Father Marangburu), won Yuva Puraskar for 2012, that is awarded to 24 young writers below 35 years of age.[5][6] and the Munin Barkataky Literary Award for 2008.[7] His Assamese poems have been included in various anthologies of Assamese poetry and featured in various journals in Assamese. He writes fiction occasionally and few of his short-stories have been included in several anthologies of Assamese fiction.

Tanti’s first collection of prose in Assamese, Nimnaborgo Somaaj Oitijya (Subaltern Society's Legacy), is composed of critical essays on Subaltern historiography and post-colonial theory,[8] with specific reference to colonial history and cultures of Assam. This book was selected as one of the "Ten Best Books" among all the Assamese books that has been published during the year 2007-08, by Grantha-Bandhab (Friends of Books), an organization in Assam.

Tanti’s translated poems(Assamese to English) have appeared in many journals, including Indian Literature,[9] The Little Magazine, Muse India, Kavya Bharati, Pyrta, Exchanges Literary Journal,[10] Cerebration,[11] NELit Review, Kritya, Visual Verse, Brown Critique, Steer Queer, etc. His poems also included in several anthologies of English poems, including 40 Under 40,[12] Shout It Out! Anthology, The World I Write In, etc.

Poetry

Marangburu Amar Pita (Our Father Marangburu). 2007.

Uttar-Ouponibeshik Kabita (Post-colonial Poems) Papyrus, Guwahati. 2018.[13][4]

Essay collections

Nimnaborgo Somaaj Oitijya (Subaltern Society's Legacy). 2007.

Uttar-Ouponibeshik Somaluchona (Post-colonial Criticism).

References

  1. ↑ Tellis, Ashley (31 July 2010). "In sync with subaltern traditions". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  2. ↑ Saikia, Arunabh (27 March 2021). "Interview: Sanjib Baruah on Assam elections, identity politics and the 'cash-transfer state'". Scroll.in. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  3. ↑ Saikia, Arunabh (26 March 2021). "Assam's large tea worker community has always lacked a political voice. Could this be changing?". Scroll.in. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  4. 1 2 Shekhar, Hansda Sowvendra (23 March 2019). "Kamal Kumar Tanti's poems present the politics and poignance of being marginalised in a distant land". Scroll.in. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  5. ↑ ":: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards". Sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Kamal Tanti wins Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2012". Assamtimes.org. 24 December 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Poet invited". Telegraph India. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  8. ↑ Reconciliation in Conflict-Affected Communities : Practices and Insights from the Asia-Pacific. Bert Jenkins, D. B. Subedi, Kathy Jenkins. Singapore. 2018. ISBN 978-981-10-6800-3. OCLC 1009180487.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. ↑ "Vol. 59, No. 5 (289), September/October 2015 of Indian Literature on JSTOR". www.jstor.org. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "Seven Poems by Kamal Kumar Tanti". Exchanges: Journal of Literary Translation. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "POSTCOLONIAL POEM: KAMAL KUMAR TANTI". Cerebration. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  12. ↑ 40 under 40 : an anthology of post-globalisation poetry. Nabina Das, Semeen Ali, Aditi Rao, Aditya Mani Jha, Akhil Katyal, Amlanjyoti Goswami. Mumbai. 2016. ISBN 978-93-82749-44-8. OCLC 1231563461.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  13. ↑ Chandramohan, S (1 May 2019). "Annexing The landscape: Scrutinizing Kamal Kumar Tanti". KochiPost. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
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